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- the present invention relates to a high-voltage relay system for a vehicle and a diagnostic method therefor, and, more particularly, to a high-voltage relay system for a vehicle, capable of diagnosing a failure of a relay in an ON or OFF state of the relay in a simplified structured system, and a diagnostic method therefor.
- An electric or hybrid vehicle is equipped with a high-voltage battery as a main power source for supplying electric power to a motor serving as a driving source, and includes a charging device configured to charge the battery, a power converter configured to operate the motor, and so on.
- the power converter drives the motor by phase-converting the power supplied from the high-voltage battery in response to the control signal of a motor control unit (MCU).
- MCU motor control unit
- FIG. 1 is a diagram schematically illustrating the configuration and connection of a high-voltage circuitry applied to a conventional electric or hybrid vehicle according to the related art.
- a first main relay 21 is installed on a circuit between the positive terminal of a battery 10 and the positive terminal of a direct current (DC) link
- a second main relay 22 is installed on a circuit between the negative terminal of the battery 10 and the negative terminal of the DC link
- a precharge relay 23 and a precharge resistor 24 are installed on a bypass circuit that bypasses the first main relay 21 .
- the relays of the power relay assembly 20 are turned on/off in response to the relay control signal output from a battery management system (BMS) controller 50 or a motor control unit (MCU) 30 .
- BMS battery management system
- MCU motor control unit
- relays are problematic in that a failure including fusing or the like may occur.
- IG ignition
- a relay is fused, a high voltage is constantly exposed to the outside even during ignition (IG) off (e.g., parking), which may cause safety accidents such as electric shock. Therefore, to prevent safety accidents or the like, it is necessary to develop a technology capable of determining whether there is a failure including fusing of a relay or the like.
- the present invention provides a high-voltage relay system for a vehicle, capable of operating relays in response to ON/OFF control signals to short-circuit or open contacts at both ends of a first contact part or contacts at both ends of a second contact part by a corresponding relay, and capable of determining whether a corresponding relay fails based on the type of ON/OFF control signal and the voltage between both ends of a first resistor, and a diagnostic method therefor.
- a high-voltage relay system for a vehicle may include a first contact part positioned between a battery and a power converter of a vehicle, a second contact part positioned between a voltage application unit configured to apply a constant voltage and the ground, a relay disposed between the first contact part and the second contact part and short-circuited or opened, a first resistor disposed between the second contact part and the ground, and a controller that connects the relay to the first and second contact parts in response to an ON/OFF control signal.
- the controller may be configured to determine whether the relay fails based on the ON/OFF control signal and a voltage value between both ends of the first resistor.
- the high-voltage relay system may further include a voltage sensor configured to measure a voltage between both ends of the first resistor. When the measured voltage value between both ends of the first resistor, in a state in which the constant voltage is applied by the voltage application unit and the ON signal is applied to the relay, is “0”, the controller may be configured to determine that the relay is normal.
- the controller may be configured to determine that the relay is opened. Additionally, when the measured voltage value between both ends of the first resistor, in a state in which the constant voltage is applied by the voltage application unit and the OFF signal is applied to the relay, exceeds “0” and is a predetermined voltage value that is less than or equal to the voltage applied by the voltage application unit, the controller may be configured to determine that the relay is normal.
- the controller may be configured to determine that the relay is short-circuit fused to the first contact part.
- the relay may be connected to at least one of positive and negative terminals of the battery.
- the high-voltage relay system may further include a precharge relay and a precharge resistor connected in parallel to both ends of the relay and connected in series to each other.
- the high-voltage relay system may further include a first switch and a second switch connected in parallel to both ends of the relay and connected in series to each other.
- the relay may conduct only one of the first contact part and the second contact part.
- the voltage application unit may be configured to apply a constant voltage to the second contact part for failure diagnosis of the relay.
- a method of diagnosing a failure of a vehicle relay may include applying a constant voltage to a second contact part by a voltage application unit, applying an ON or OFF signal to a relay by a controller, measuring a voltage between both ends of a first resistor by a voltage sensor, and determining whether the relay fails based on the type of the signal applied to the relay by the controller and the measured voltage value between both ends of the first resistor.
- the controller may be configured to determine that the relay is normal.
- the controller may be configured to determine that the relay is opened.
- the controller may be configured to determine that the relay is normal. In the determining of whether the relay fails, when the measured voltage value between both ends of the first resistor, in a state in which the constant voltage is applied by the voltage application unit and the OFF signal is applied to the relay, is “0”, the controller may be configured to determine that the relay is short-circuit fused to the first contact part.
- FIG. 1 is a diagram illustrating a high-voltage circuitry applied to a conventional electric or hybrid vehicle according to the related art
- FIG. 2 is a diagram schematically illustrating an overall configuration of a high-voltage relay system for a vehicle according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention
- FIG. 3 is a diagram illustrating that a relay is normal in the state in which a constant voltage is applied by a voltage application unit and an ON signal is applied to the relay, in the high-voltage relay system for a vehicle according to the exemplary embodiment of the present invention
- FIG. 4 is a diagram illustrating that a relay is opened in the state in which a constant voltage is applied by the voltage application unit and an ON signal is applied to the relay, in the high-voltage relay system for a vehicle according to the exemplary embodiment of the present invention
- FIG. 5 is a diagram illustrating that a relay is normal in the state in which a constant voltage is applied by the voltage application unit and an OFF signal is applied to the relay, in the high-voltage relay system for a vehicle according to the exemplary embodiment of the present invention
- FIG. 6 is a diagram illustrating that a relay is short-circuit fused to a first contact part in the state in which a constant voltage is applied by the voltage application unit and an OFF signal is applied to the relay, in the high-voltage relay system for a vehicle according to the exemplary embodiment of the present invention.
- FIG. 7 is a flowchart illustrating a method of diagnosing a failure of a vehicle relay according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.
- vehicle or “vehicular” or other similar term as used herein is inclusive of motor vehicles in general such as passenger automobiles including sports utility vehicles (SUV), buses, trucks, various commercial vehicles, watercraft including a variety of boats and ships, aircraft, and the like, and includes hybrid vehicles, electric vehicles, plug-in hybrid electric vehicles, hydrogen-powered vehicles and other alternative fuel vehicles (e.g. fuels derived from resources other than petroleum).
- a hybrid vehicle is a vehicle that has two or more sources of power, for example both gasoline-powered and electric-powered vehicles.
- controller/control unit refers to a hardware device that includes a memory and a processor.
- the memory is configured to store the modules and the processor is specifically configured to execute said modules to perform one or more processes which are described further below.
- the term “about” is understood as within a range of normal tolerance in the art, for example within 2 standard deviations of the mean. “About” can be understood as within 10%, 9%, 8%, 7%, 6%, 5%, 4%, 3%, 2%, 1%, 0.5%, 0.1%, 0.05%, or 0.01% of the stated value. Unless otherwise clear from the context, all numerical values provided herein are modified by the term “about.”
- FIG. 2 is a diagram schematically illustrating an overall configuration of a high-voltage relay system for a vehicle according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.
- FIG. 3 is a diagram illustrating that a relay is normal in the state in which a constant voltage is applied by a voltage application unit and an ON signal is applied to the relay.
- FIG. 4 is a diagram illustrating that a relay is opened in the state in which a constant voltage is applied by the voltage application unit and an ON signal is applied to the relay.
- FIG. 5 is a diagram illustrating that a relay is normal in the state in which a constant voltage is applied by the voltage application unit and an OFF signal is applied to the relay.
- FIG. 6 is a diagram illustrating that a relay is short-circuit fused to a first contact part in the state in which a constant voltage is applied by the voltage application unit and an OFF signal is applied to the relay.
- the high-voltage relay system for a vehicle which is designated by reference numeral 1 , may include a first contact part 400 disposed between a battery 200 and a power converter 300 of a vehicle, a second contact part 600 disposed between a voltage application unit 500 configured to apply a constant voltage and the ground, a relay 100 disposed between the first contact part 400 and the second contact part 600 and short-circuited or opened, a first resistor R 1 disposed between the second contact part 600 and the ground G, and a controller 700 that connects the relay to the first and second contact parts 400 and 600 in response to an ON/OFF control signal and may be configured to determine whether the relay 100 fails based on the ON/OFF control signal and the voltage value between both ends of the first resistor R 1 .
- the relay 100 may be a main relay of the vehicle, and may be a relay connected to at least one of the positive and negative terminals of the battery 200 .
- the relay 100 may include a first main relay connected to the positive terminal of the battery 200 and a second main relay connected to the negative terminal of the battery 200 .
- the first and second relays 100 may be connected to the positive and negative terminals of the battery 200 of the vehicle, as illustrated in FIG. 2 in the exemplary embodiment.
- the relay 100 may be provided on the line that connects the first contact part 400 positioned between the battery 200 and the power converter 300 to the second contact part 600 positioned between the voltage application unit 500 and the ground G. In addition, the relay 100 may conduct only one of the first contact part 400 and the second contact part 600 . Particularly, the relay 100 may be turned on or off in response to the ON/OFF control signal received from the controller 700 to short-circuit or open the contacts at both ends of the first contact part 400 or the contacts at both ends of the second contact part 600 .
- the battery 200 of the vehicle may be a high-voltage battery configured to supply electric power for driving the motor of an electric or hybrid vehicle.
- the power converter 300 may include a plurality of switching elements, and may be configured to drive the motor mounted in the electric or hybrid vehicle by phase-converting the power supplied from the battery 200 in response to the control signal of a motor control unit (MCU) (not shown). Since driving the motor by phase-converting the power supplied from the high-voltage battery of the vehicle in the power converter is well known in the related art, a detailed description thereof will be omitted.
- MCU motor control unit
- the voltage application unit 500 may be configured to apply a constant voltage to one end of the second contact part 600 for the failure diagnosis of the relay 100 and may be configured to apply a voltage of about 5 V to the second contact part 600 in the exemplary embodiment.
- the controller 700 may be a battery management system (BMS) controller or a motor control unit (MCU) in the exemplary embodiment.
- the controller 700 may be configured to operate the relay 100 , and a precharge relay 900 , a first switch 920 , and a second switch 930 , which will be described later, to apply an ON/OFF control signal thereto and be turned on or off.
- the controller 700 may be configured to determine whether the relay 100 fails based on the type of the control signal applied thereto and the measured value of a voltage sensor 800 configured to measure the voltage between both ends of the first resistor R 1 . The determination of whether the relay 100 fails in the controller 700 will be described later in more detail with reference to FIGS. 3 to 6 .
- the high-voltage relay system for a vehicle 1 may further include a second resistor R 2 disposed between the second contact part 600 and the first resistor R 1 , and a voltage sensor 800 configured to measure the voltage between both ends of the first resistor R 1 .
- the high-voltage relay system for a vehicle 1 according to the exemplary embodiment of the present invention may further include a precharge relay 900 and a precharge resistor 910 connected in parallel to both ends of the relay 100 and connected in series to each other.
- the precharge relay 900 may be selectively turned on or off in response to the control signal received from the controller 700 .
- the high-voltage relay system for a vehicle 1 may further include a first switch 920 and a second switch 930 connected in parallel to both ends of the relay 100 and connected in series to each other.
- the first and second switches 920 and 930 may be selectively turned on or off in response to the control signal received from the controller 700 .
- the first and second switches 920 and 930 may be a semiconductor switching element and prevent surge, arc, etc. from occurring in the relay 100 when the relay 100 is turned on/off.
- the state of the relay 100 may be divided into three types.
- the state of the relay 100 may be divided into three types: a steady state; a short-circuit fused state; and an open state.
- the steady state indicates that the relay 100 is in a normal state and operates in response to the control signal applied from the controller 700 .
- the short-circuit fused state indicates that the relay 100 is fixed in a short-circuited state. Accordingly, when the relay 100 is short-circuit fused, the relay 100 may be maintained in the short-circuited state (turned-on state) irrespective of the control signal applied from the controller 700 .
- the open state indicates the relay 100 is fixed in an open state. Accordingly, when the relay 100 is opened, the relay 100 may be maintained in the open state (turned-off state) irrespective of the control signal applied from the controller 700 .
- FIG. 3 is a diagram illustrating that the relay is normal in the state in which a constant voltage is applied by the voltage application unit and an ON signal is applied to the relay.
- the controller 700 may be configured to determine that the relay 100 is normal.
- the relay 100 may operate so that the contacts at both ends of the first contact part 400 are short-circuited and both ends of the second contact part 600 are opened, with the consequence that the voltage between both ends of the first resistor R 1 measured by the voltage sensor 800 may be “0”.
- FIG. 4 is a diagram illustrating that the relay is opened in the state in which a constant voltage is applied by the voltage application unit and an ON signal is applied to the relay.
- the controller 700 may be configured to determine that the relay 100 is in an open state.
- the relay 100 may short-circuit the contacts at both ends of the first contact part 400 .
- the relay 100 may short-circuit the contacts at both ends of the second contact part 600 in spite of the ON signal applied from the controller 700 , with the consequence that the voltage between both ends of the first resistor R 1 measured by the voltage sensor 800 may exceed “0” and be the voltage applied by the voltage application unit.
- the above voltage is less than or equal to the voltage applied by the voltage application unit due to a voltage decrease caused by the resistance.
- FIG. 5 is a diagram illustrating that a relay is normal in the state in which a constant voltage is applied by the voltage application unit and an OFF signal is applied to the relay.
- the controller 700 may be configured to determine that the relay 100 is normal.
- the predetermined voltage value may be about 4V.
- the relay 100 may short-circuit the contacts at both ends of the second contact part 600 as illustrated in FIG. 5 , with the consequence that the voltage between both ends of the first resistor R 1 measured by the voltage sensor 800 may be equal to or greater than a particular voltage.
- FIG. 6 is a diagram illustrating that the relay is fused to the first contact part in the state in which a constant voltage is applied by the voltage application unit and an OFF signal is applied to the relay.
- the controller 700 may be configured to determine that the relay 100 is fused to the first contact part 400 .
- the relay 100 may short-circuit the contacts at both ends of the second contact part 600 .
- the relay 100 when the relay 100 is fused to the first contact part 400 as illustrated in FIG. 6 , the relay 100 may short-circuit the contacts at both ends of the first contact part 400 in spite of the OFF signal applied from the controller 700 , with the consequence that the voltage between both ends of the first resistor R 1 measured by the voltage sensor 800 may be “0”.
- FIG. 7 is a flowchart illustrating a method of diagnosing a failure of a vehicle relay according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.
- the method described herein below may be generally executed by a controller configured to operate the various components of the system.
- the method of diagnosing a failure of a vehicle relay according to the exemplary embodiment of the present invention may include applying, by a voltage application unit, a constant voltage to a second contact part, applying, by a controller, an ON or OFF signal to a relay, measuring, by a voltage sensor, the voltage between both ends of a first resistor, and determining, by the controller, whether the relay fails based on the type of the signal applied to the relay and the measured voltage value between both ends of the first resistor.
- a relay failure may include the relay being shorted and as a result, the vehicle engine may be unable to be stopped. Accordingly, alerts related to such a failure may be output.
- a relay failure may include a relay opening failure and as a result, the engine may be unable to be started.
- the controller may be configured to determine that the relay is normal.
- the controller may be configured to determine that the relay is opened.
- the controller may be configured to determine that the relay is normal. Further, when the measured voltage value between both ends of the first resistor in the state in which the constant voltage is applied by the voltage application unit and the OFF signal is applied to the relay is “0”, the controller may be configured to determine that the relay is short-circuit fused to the first contact part.
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